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What To Know About Russia’s Anti-Plague Institute Suspected Of Plague Leak

A Russian anti-plague research institute is under the spotlight after a laboratory worker died in a potential case of pneumonic plague. U.S. officials are closely monitoring the situation after the worker, who was employed at the Irkutsk An

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What To Know About Russia’s Anti-Plague Institute Suspected Of Plague Leak
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A Russian anti-plague research institute is under the spotlight after a laboratory worker died in a potential case of pneumonic plague. U.S.

officials are closely monitoring the situation after the worker, who was employed at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East, died last week from pneumonia of undetermined origin. Secretary of ...

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